I got my Camry used. Was it not meant to slide around so easily?

 

Not annoyingly or dangerously easy ....

 

How is a sliding armrest dangerous again?

 

I'm driving down the road and hit the brake, it slides forward. I come to a stop sign, it slides forward. I'm driving down the road and the passenger moves, it slides forward. If nothing else, it's very distracting. It seems that I'm always trying to keep it in place.

 

As far as I understand you do not want it in the forward position.


Can you just slide it back and stick something like a piece of a sand paper or a strip of a emery cloth between the slides to hold the armrest there?


Good luck,


Sam

 

I could see annoying/ inconvenient. I don't see a huge "safety" issue with a sliding armrest. Both hands "should" be on the wheel according to all the safety "experts" anyway.
Anywho, I hope you find a fix for it.

 

Our 2010 Camry Hybrid has the sliding armrest and it takes quite a bit of effort to slide it forward or back. Five years of use and it still stays put where we want it.

 

If it slides that easily around, it sounds like it may be a loose screw or bolt. The console in my 2010 XLE takes a bit of force to slide around (not excessive, but not so little that it slides around during braking/acceleration).

 

You are correct, I do not want it forward. I was able to remove the top part from the slide and there is a little metal tab in there that rides on a plastic track, I bent the metal to give it more pressure but it made no difference. I thought that it would give me a more positive latch in the forward or backward position. I think that is what they did on the updated version but the design of this one wouldn't tighten it up.

 

Maybe use some duct tape?

 

I know that this is an old thread but, I'm glad I found it. I thought it was just me. My console slides very easy. Sometime it hit drinks and everything. Does anyone know if there is an screw for tightening the slide?

 

On my 2011 XLE it slides easy also... and the clamp lock to keep it shut was damaged by the previous owner.... It is rather annoying.

 

I know this is an old thread, but I am having the same problem with the console lid sliding back and forth uncontrollably when driving. Did anyone happen to find the root cause? Anyone find a fix? Thanks.

 

Swap to an non-XLE console lid.

 

I never did find a good solution. I tried Velcro, I pulled it completely off and tried to tighten it up, I looked for a place to run a screw through it, nothing worked. I sold the car so my worries are over… lol.

 

Well, dang! Thanks for letting me know though. I will see what else Google might uncover.

 

Just a note that "industrial velcro" may work where normal velcro fails.

There is no "fuzzy side" in this type of fastener and the amount of grip it has on each respective side is much stronger. I've used it to hang heavy tools, and it works beautifully and lasts. The important thing, regardless of the type of velcro being used, is to allow the glue on the respective sides plenty of time to set once its been applied. Several days is best. The glue grip is tenuous at the outset and subjecting it to being pulled during the early days often makes it come loose when it might not otherwise.

 

Thanks guyslp.

HotRod53, did you end up taking the sliding armrest off of the center console? Or were you able to take apart just the sliding portion using the screws on the underside of the sliding mechanism? I'm going to try and do this soon with the industrial velcro.

 

do this soon with the industrial velcro.

A word to the wise here: Start with way less surface area covered than you think you might need. This stuff has a "death grip" compared to normal velcro, and using too much can make it way more difficult than you had anticipated to actually get the thing open when that's what you wish to do.

 

I was able to pull the sliding part off when I was trying to figure out a solution. If I remember correctly, I had to force the sliding part up with my hands to get it beyond a stop and it slid all the way off.

 

Thanks HotRod53.

Swap to an non-XLE console lid.

I'm guessing they are interchangeable based on your suggestion. If so, that sounds like a good idea if I can get those fairly inexpensive. Thanks!

 

Not sure if the console lid is the same, but my '15 Rav4 Ltd had the same problem, I drilled a pilot hole through the track on the underside of the lid and ran a sheet metal screw through both parts to lock them together, worked perfect. My '21 Venza HV has the slider too, but it won't slide unless the latch to open it is pressed, so Toyota must have got the hint the free movement wasn't appreciated.

 

They (or maybe Subaru?) also figured it out on the FR-S/86/BRZ. My ‘16 FR-S had the optional sliding armrest and it stayed firmly in place. Was it a very effective place to rest your arm? Not really. [emoji1]


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